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The United States has expressed concern about the arrival of a ship to Syria, which allegedly contains a Russian cargo of ammunition according to State Department spokes person Victoria Nuland, Washington has sent a request to the Russian Foreign Ministry on this issue. The U.S. does not yet have precise information on the goods being [...]

Ballet lovers in Morocco have given two thumbs up to Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s the seminal Swan Lake ballet brought to their country by Moscow’s Russian Classical Ballet Company. Defying an unusually cold spell 1,500 people, packing the spacious hall of the Mohammed V National Theater, watched with bated breath the dancers’ filigree moves made to the [...]

The new US Ambassador to Russia, the author of the policy of resetting Russia-US relations, Michael McFaul, has arrived in Moscow together with his wife Donna and his sons Cole and Luke. In the Russian capital, he has replaced John Beyrle, to become the first non-career Ambassador. He’s made a meteoric career from a researcher [...]

Deputy Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has urged the West to investigate human rights abuses in Libya. He told a news conference in Brussels following his departure as Russia’s Ambassador to NATO that it is quite important for the international community to support Russia’s calls for investigation of human rights abuses in Libya. He said he found [...]

According to the VTSIOM All-Russian Centre for the Study of Public Opinion, Russian Prime Minister, the leader of the United Russia party Vladimir Putin continues to stay ahead of the other presidential candidates, his popularity rating having reached 48%. This follows from the Centre’s latest public opinion poll returns. According to VTSIOM, the approval of President Dmitry Medvedev’s [...]